Apparatus for holding shingles for painting



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W. W. ROBINSON.

APPARATUS FOR HOLDING SHINGLES FOR PAINTING. No. 320,589.. Patented'June 23, 1885.

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WILLIAM W. ROBINSON, OF RIPON, \VISCONSIN.

APPARATUS FOR HOLDING SHINGLES FOR PAIN' I'ING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,589, dated June 23, 1885.

I Application filed February 7, 1855. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. ROBIN- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Preparing Shingles Prior to and Dipping the Same in Paint, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices for preparing shingles prior to dipping the same in paint; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates my lIlVGDIJlOll, in which the figure of the drawing represents a bundle of shingles showing my device.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawing, Adesignates a bundle of shingles, which are packed one upon the other, and having interposed between them a block, a, which serves to slightly separate them by leaving a space, 5, between each shingle. The shingles are secured in a packed position by means of the clamping devices, consisting of the upper and lower twin plates, B, which are hinged at c, and are provided with hook ends (I, to engage the links 6, secured to the cam-lever C.

It will be observed from the above descrip tion and by reference to the annexed drawing, that after the shingles are bundled with the interposing blocks between them, and the clampplatcs attached thereto, the levers are forced downwardly, and, by means of the cams, the plates are drawn tight, thus securely binding the shingles,'when they can be readily dipped in the paint, and the spaces formed by the blocks interposed between them permits the where the blocks are interposed, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM V. ROBINSON.

\Vitnesses:

G. F. HORNER, G. I. MIDDLETON. 

